sideswipe - a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
blow, bump - an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
Verb
1.
sideswipe - strike from the side
strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"
The Highways Agency will now hand out another 90,000 of the Fres-nel lenses at major ports in England and France, in a further bid to cut sideswiping - when a lorry changes lane and strikes a vehicle travelling alongside.
The Highways Agency will nowhand out another 90,000 of the Fresnel lenses at major ports in England and France, including Liverpool, in a further bid to cut sideswiping.
Last year there were more than 1,000 incidents of sideswiping, when left-hand drive foreign lorries - with blind spots on their right-hand passenger side - move lane on motorways and fail to see another vehicle in the lane they are entering.
Derek Turner, Highways Agency Director of Traffic Operations, said: "When left-hand drive HGVs change lanes on our roads, the risk of sideswiping an overtaking vehicle is increased due to a passenger side blindspot.
